Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-03
DAILY HERALD.
RETURNED.
Mayor WOrkman's I'm
pressiOns of the North.
OTHER CITY GOVERNMENTS.
A Visit to San Francisco, Port
land, Tacoma and
Victoria.
RETURNED
)THER CITY GOVERNMENTS.

MAYOR 0OTkuldIl TeUuTIleu u tlic
city yesterday afternoon, after an abb
sence of several weeks, improved in
health, and better able to handle the
reigns of the government than when
he departed. A representative of the
HERALD, learning that he was to be at
home, called upon him last evening
at his residence, and found him look
ing the very picture OF health and not
very tired after his journey. In re-
sponse to questions, Mayor Workman
said that he had been on very
agreeable and pleasant trip OF OBJ
servation and recreation. One of the
principal objects of his trip was to
find in other and older city govern
ments. something which he could
turn to the benefit of Los Angeles.
With this in view, he had investi-
gated the forms and modes of city
government in San' Francisco, Port
land, Seattle, Tacoma and Victoria,
and he was certain that he had
gained great deal OF information,
which he can use with benefit in
directing the government of this city
SAN FRANCISCO.
In reply to the question as to how
he liked San Francisco, Mayor Work
man said that he had spent a very
pleasant time there, and had been
courteously received by all whom he
had visited. He had been provided
with letters to Mayor Pond, Chief of
Police Crowley and to the Chief of the
Fire Department Scannell. The el-
tire confidence which all the citizens
of San Francisco have in Mayor Pond
impressed him as being not only Won
derful, hut as conducive to the welfare
of the city. During his stay he had
gained considerable knowledge from
witnessing the workings of the differ
ent departments of the government,
and he announced it as his intention
to carry out those changes which he
thinks will be for the best interest of
this city. In the police department
ne had noticed several things
which it will be we'll to introduce here,
for instance, the force is concentrated
so that during the hours when the
most crime is committed the greatest
number of men are on duty. This is
only one of the many changes which he
thought might be made here. During
his stay in San Francisco he also in
spected the workings of the Fire De-
partment, which he found very eff
cient and excellently controlled by
Chief Scannell.
hn IN,
Portland, Oregon, by the overland
route. At the present time there is
but twenty miles of staging to be done
on this route, and the line will be COM
pleted clear through in the next two
months. The trip northward was very
pleasant, but the atmosphere was
laden with smoke so that frequently
he was unable to see the tops of the
mountains. This is the time of the
year when there is considerable tim
ber being burned in the mountains,
and this renders sightseeing difficult
in some localities.
During his stay in Portland
he visited the Board of Trade and the
Cit Council, and he thought that the
City Council of Los Angeles COM
pared more than favorably with it.
There seemed to be the same amount
of business under way there as here,
and Just at present there is as much
activity in cable street railways as
here. He had formed the impression
that Portland was very nice city,
situated as it is on a slope on the
Willamette river, and he could see no
reason why it should not be large
city in the future. From Portland
Mayor Workman and his family took
trip up the famous Columbia river,
the scenery of which he thinks grander
than any other, and more romantic
than that Of the Hudson. He went
as far up the river as the Dalles, and
viewed the Cascades, where change
of steamers was made. All along the
river there are wheels fifteen feet in
diameter used in catching salmon.
In one night each OF these wheels
catches from three to five tons Of fish,
and the fact that they did not dis
criminate between large and small
fish seemed to him to be wrong,
for by this means many
small fish were destroyed which were
wasted. He spent between four and
five days in this part of the country,
and went from Portland to Tacoma,
where he spent two days. The mag
nificent hotel, built by the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company, particu-
larly impressed him. 1t was easy to
be seen that the railroad was endea-
voring to build up Tacoma and boom
it by every means in its power. This
hotel is very much like the Hotel Del
Monte was before the fire. Tacoma is
town full Of life and energy.
SEATTLE.
From Tacoma Mayor Workman
went to Seattle by steamer. He spent
one day there riding around and ex-
amining into the city government.
Seattle is quite city, having about
$4,000 inhabitants, but at the present
tilz it is having quite fight with the
Northern Pacific railroad, which seems
bound to build up Tacoma to its
detriment. For instance, the
railroad charges so cents more per
ton on wheat from Walla Walla
than it charges to Tacoma. To meet
this and to obtain the wheat to ship,
the citizens of Seattle have made up a
purse of some twenty-five or thirty
thousand dollars with which they pay
the extra freight charges. About
thirty miles from Seattle there are ex-
tensive coal mines, from which many
carloads are forwarded to Seattle every
day, and besides this, there are quite
number of manufactures. During
his visit to Seattle Mayor Workman
visited the furniture factory of Mr..
Hall, who has brother lin Los An
geles. Mayor Workman was much
pleased with the factory, which en-
ployes large number of hands.